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Statistical analysis of aerosol optical properties retrieved by Raman lidar over Southeastern Spain Cover

Statistical analysis of aerosol optical properties retrieved by Raman lidar over Southeastern Spain

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 65 (2013): Issue 1
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|Jan 2013
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.21234 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 21234 - 21234
Submitted on: Apr 25, 2013
Accepted on: Aug 26, 2013
Published on: Jan 1, 2013
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
aerosol optical properties,
Raman lidar,
statistical analysis,
vertical profiles,
PBL and free troposphere

© 2013 Francisco Navas-Guzmán, Juan Antonio Bravo-Aranda, Juan Luis Guerrero-Rascado, María José Granados-Muñoz, Lucas Alados-Arboledas, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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